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Schoenherr has advised an international consortium of creditor banks on the successful circa €1bn (£800m) debt restructuring and refinancing of Slovenia’s Poslovni sistem Mercator dd and its subsidiaries. Schoenherr acted as lead counsel to the co-ordinator, Erste Group Bank, and the co-ordination committee —consisting of Nova Ljubljanska banka dd, Ljubljana; Raiffeisen Bank International; SKB banka […]

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